I Live In The United States

Just a thought, how do you feel about removing "under God" from the pledge of allegiance, removing "in God we trust" from the money, and changing the US's motto to "E Pluribus Unum"? I like hearing different opinions on this :)

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salveteamicis

Disregard for tradition leads to cultural downfall, as we are currently witnessing in most states. To remove that from our culture would be most disrespectful to our forefathers and what they stood for. Listen to the Battle Hymn of the Republic (one of the most important songs to the Union in our Civil War) and try to come up with a single reason that God does not hold an important place in our nation (: If you can do that without any logical fallacies or factual inaccuracies in your reasoning, I would be truly impressed and would probably change my view!

TheMasterLee

the forefathers had nothing g to do with the pledge. it wasn't even written until after 1900 and the words "under god" were put in by congress in 1954.

salveteamicis

(and I am aware that "In God We Trust" was not our de jure motto until the 20th century, but that motto effectively described American culture in a de facto manner prior to it's de jure instatement)

salveteamicis

And here are some lyrics directly from that song I mentioned, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, to solidify my stance: "In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on."